US Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the United States, consisting of the US Senate upper house and the US House of Representatives lower house. Congress has 535 seats, with 100 being senators and 435 being representatives. House members serve two-year terms as representatives from their constituencies, while senators serve six years as representatives of their state. Congress is divided between the liberal US Democratic Party and the conservative US Republican Party, and there is little room for third parties in the Congress.